Effect of screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by polymerase chain reaction on the duration of unnecessary preemptive contact isolation
Contributeurs/tricesUckay, Ilker; Sax, Hugo; Iten, Anne; Camus, Véronique; Renzi, Gesuele; Schrenzel, Jacques; Perrier, Arnaud; Pittet, Didier
Publié dansInfection control and hospital epidemiology, vol. 29, no. 11, p. 1077-1079
Date de publication2008
Résumé
Mots-clés
- Bacteriological Techniques/economics/methods
- Carrier State/diagnosis/microbiology
- Cross Infection/epidemiology/prevention & control
- Humans
- Mass Screening/economics
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/genetics/isolation & purification
- Patient Isolation/economics
- Polymerase Chain Reaction/economics/methods
- Staphylococcal Infections/diagnosis/microbiology
Structure d'affiliation
Citation (format ISO)
UCKAY, Ilker et al. Effect of screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by polymerase chain reaction on the duration of unnecessary preemptive contact isolation. In: Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2008, vol. 29, n° 11, p. 1077–1079. doi: 10.1086/591452
Identifiants
- PID : unige:1958
- DOI : 10.1086/591452
- PMID : 18844467
ISSN du journal1559-6834